Tag: my son

• Bruegel and my Son

  

  My son age 11 took a picture of the school playground covered in snow To send to his classmate who has recently moved to South Korea He said there was no him, no longer in that playground The image reminded me of Bruegel’s winter scenes So I told him about how Bruegel made everyday drudgery […]

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  24 Jan 2019

  Art, Creative Writing, Parenting, Photography, Poem A Day, Poetry, Story

  bambi, Bruegel, life, my heart, my son, Poem, Poetry, school, snow, winter scene

• Cherry Blossoms in Amsterdamse Bos

  

  Bambi (resident 10yo) and I put on our walking shoes, strapped on our backpacks, grabbed our picnic lunch, and headed off to see the Cherry Blossoms at the Kersenbloesempark located in the forest or the Amsterdamse Bos. The trek from Amsterdam, via Metro and two bus changes, to the Amstelveen side of the Bos was confusing […]

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  18 Apr 2018

  Art, Parenting, Photography, Story, Travel

  amstelveen, amsterdam, amsterdamse bos, bambi, blessings, blooms, blossoms, bos, cherish, cherry blossom, creation, culture, dutch, finding home, fragility, hanami, home, i love japan, japan, japanese, life, light, live a little, love, mindful, mindfulness, moment, moments with my son, mother and child, motherhood, my life, my son, nature, parenting, petals, picnic, sakura, small things, spring, spring is in the air, sushi, things to do in amsterdam, unconditional love

• Face Reveal – a Half-Ghazal

  

  Face Reveal – a Half-Ghazal My son, age 10, is into Rumi, and his face reveal The Youtuber who does voices, and HowToBasic’s face reveal Rumi the murid to murshid Shams He whispered, away from all, I will make my face reveal Trust is built brick by brick, layer over layer Till, one day, the […]

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  7 Apr 2018

  Art, microblogging, Parenting, Poem A Day, Poetry, Story

  are you listening, bhindi, broken, eastern things, faces, for apoorva, Ghazal, half ghazal, heads, heart matters, i am speaking, life, macbeth, masks, my son, now in the west, poems, ravana, Rumi, sexuality, shams, the other, the writing life, trust, voices, water, Writing